891st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1986 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito For a lot of these shooters, it feels like it’s a bit more of the same – I swear that a lot of them go by different ways of handling weapons. Raiden, for example, always keeping you […]
Posts Tagged ‘shoot ’em up’
#791 John Woo Presents Stranglehold
Posted: 25th July 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1007, action, midway chicago, midway games, pc, playstation 3, shoot 'em up, tiger hill entertainment, xbox 360
885th played so far Genre: Action/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/Playstation 3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Midway Chicago/Tiger Hill Entertainment Publisher: Midway Games I’ve managed to do some different preparation for this one – knowing I had a game with John Woo’s name on it, we watched his most known film, The Killer, a […]
#654 Gunstar Super Heroes
Posted: 5th July 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, gameboy advance, sega, shoot 'em up, thq, Treasure
880th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Gameboy Advance Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega/THQ So we played Gunstar Heroes as game… oh, 140 on the blog, some 740 games and at least seven and a half years ago. It actually still have some purple text in its write up! Now […]
#193 Raiden
Posted: 19th June 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, arcade, seibu kaihatsu, shoot 'em up, tecmo
876th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Seibu Kaihatsu Publisher: Tecmo Thanks to one bundle or another, I found out that this game has had at least four direct sequels, as well as, it seems, a couple of spin offs. The plot of the fifth game goes […]
#283 Alien Soldier
Posted: 22nd May 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, mega drive, sega, shoot 'em up, Treasure
869th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Mega Drive Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega Throughout this list, the run and gun shooters continue to put me off – Alien Soldier was the most recent at the bottom of the list (likeย Return Fire) and I keep not really seeing why I’d […]
#296 Return Fire
Posted: 25th April 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1995, 3do, pc, playstation, prolific publishing, shoot 'em up, silent software
863rd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: 3DO/Playstation/PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: Silent Software Publisher: Prolific Publishing I’m not sure how Return Fire ended up near the bottom of my list of games that I wanted to play, but it did, and so it goes in as a game that I just […]
855th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1987 Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo We have covered well over 100 shooters right now. From the outside, this looks like one of many sidescrollers that time hasn’t been kind too – probably with its own unique features, but nothing is jumping out […]
#182 G-Loc: Air Battle (R-360)
Posted: 20th March 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, arcade, sega, sega am 2, shoot 'em up
854th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Sega AM 2 Publisher: Sega For today’s shoot ’em up, we get a flight simulator-like plane dog fighting game. Rather than the focus on accuracy of the former, getting the shooting in is more important – it looks like a […]
#247 Frontier: Elite II
Posted: 21st February 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1993, david braben, gametek, shoot 'em up, Strategy, Various
847th played so far Genre: Strategy/Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1993 Developer: David Braben Publisher: Gametek For what it’s worth, Elite‘s promise and capabilities were somewhat diminished by its age and the lack of accessibility for a very complex game. You can’t blame it for being difficult to get into, but it’s […]
#750 Contra 4
Posted: 8th January 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, konami, konami digital entertainment, nintendo ds, shoot 'em up, wayforward technologies
836th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Nintendo DS Year of Release: 2007 Developer: WayForward Technologies Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainments Contra III was a pretty standard run and gun game, with some level based enhancements that made it stand out, but ultimately existing in a genre that doesn’t appeal to me. Contra 4 […]